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Michael Collins and the Anglo-Irish War
J. B. E. Hittle
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Description for Michael Collins and the Anglo-Irish War
Reveals that the success of the Irish insurgency was not just a measure of Michael Collins's revolutionary genius, as has often been claimed. Michael Collins and the Anglo-Irish War takes a fresh approach to the subject, presenting it as a case study in intelligence management under conditions of a broader counterinsurgency campaign. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b 1 map; 3 figures; appendixes; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
As leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and then the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Michael Collins developed a bold, new strategy to use against the British administration of Ireland in the early twentieth century. His goal was to attack its well-established system of spies and informers, wear down British forces with a sustained guerrilla campaign, and force a political settlement that would lead to a free Irish Republic.Michael Collins and the Anglo-Irish War reveals that the success of the Irish insurgency was not just a measure of Collins’s revolutionary genius, as has often been claimed. British miscalculations, overconfidence, and a ... Read more
As leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and then the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Michael Collins developed a bold, new strategy to use against the British administration of Ireland in the early twentieth century. His goal was to attack its well-established system of spies and informers, wear down British forces with a sustained guerrilla campaign, and force a political settlement that would lead to a free Irish Republic.Michael Collins and the Anglo-Irish War reveals that the success of the Irish insurgency was not just a measure of Collins’s revolutionary genius, as has often been claimed. British miscalculations, overconfidence, and a ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781597975353
SKU
V9781597975353
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About J. B. E. Hittle
J. B. E. Hittle is a thirty-one-year veteran of U.S. intelligence, including initial service as a military intelligence analyst and later service as a senior clandestine operations officer. He is an expert on insurgency, counterinsurgency, low-intensity conflict, counterterrorism, and counterproliferation. He received his MA in modern European history from Louisiana State University, where his research focused on the polemics of ... Read more
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